I would also like to ask the news media why they seem to have no interest in why an excessive raise like that was given during a time of economic crisis. Mahoney cried no raise for management - when in fact most got their step raise - then gets them a whopper of a raise to make up for it.

If you knew the real truth behind the secretly done contract, you wouldn't be calling it a smart partnership. The whole deal was concocted by idiots complete with lying to current major sponsors and shafting of long time supporters. The County still does all the work including the marketing and Galaxy gets the gate of a already proven successful operation. Boy, what a risk that is. PS the admission will be going up.

So she wants the towns to take over plowing county roads. That will increase town costs for equipment and staff who now have less money thanks to Joanie. Good deal for the County unless they decide to charge back huge fees to plow County roads. The County plowers go a better job - I can always tell where the county stops plowing and the town begins.

Surprisingly it was never reported on, the paper must have missed the cleverly worded resolution. The minutes of the August 3 session it was voted in on are missing off the county legislature website - this adds up to over 15% and there will be layoffs in the upcoming budget

Here's the letter to the management from Joanie herself…

To: All Management Confidential County Employees:
After months of conversations with the County Legislature regarding inequity in the management confidential salary schedule, I was pleased that the legislature adopted a resolution today that will adjust all management confidential employee pay grades beginning in January 2011.
In January 2011, the salary of all management confidential employees will advance one step. Management confidential employee salaries will continue to increase by one step each calendar quarter through April 2012. At that time, all current management confidential employees will have received six step increases over six calendar quarters. The advanced step plan includes what would have been your normal step increases during 2011 and 2012. Annual step increases will resume on a normal schedule beginning in January 2013.
The intent of the adopted resolution is to realign management confidential salary increases with the increases that have been received by other county employees in recent years. I would like to commend the legislature for taking this action to address pay disparity. It is my belief that this action ensures that management confidential employees will receive a compensation level more reflective of their responsibility level.
I appreciate very much the work you do on behalf of the residents of Onondaga County.
If you have further questions, please contact your Department Head, personnel administrator or the Personnel Department.
Sincerely,

On September 9, the County is going to have a huge wave of new retirees bail out. The ones who made out the best are not the union but the exiting management. And then the remaining management will be getting a 15+ percent raise in the next year and a half to make up for all the extra work they are going to shove off on the remaining workers. Can't wait to see their pensions.